Isaac Newton, the Jewish Mystic

He's considered to be one of the greatest scientists of all time. But Sir Isaac Newton was also an influential theologian who applied a scientific approach to the study of scripture, Hebrew and Jewish mysticism.

Now Israel's national library, an unlikely owner of a vast trove of Newton's writings, has digitized his theological collection _ some 7,500 pages in Newton's own handwriting _ and put it online. Among the yellowed texts are Newton's famous prediction of the apocalypse in 2060.